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Roots and Examples 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aud | hear example: audible |
| photo | light example: photography |
| struct | build example: construct |
| therm | heat example: thermometer |
| vis | see example: vision |
| act | do example: action |
| cycl | circle example: bicycle |
| graph | write example: autograph |
| mem | recall example: remember |
| tact | touch example: contact |
| audible | heard or able to be heard |
| structure | the way that something is built, arranged, or organized |
| infrastructure | the basic equipment and structures (such as roads and bridges) that are needed for a country, region, or organization to function properly |
| thermal | related to heat or temperature |
| revise | to re-look at something to change or correct it |
| visibility | the ability to see or be seen |
| interact | to talk or do things with other people |
| counteract | act against (something) : to cause (something) to have less of an effect or to have no effect at all |
| cycle | a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order : a repeating series of events or actions |
| biography | the story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person |
| autobiography | the story of a real person's life written by the person it is about |
| commemorate | to do something special in order to remember and honor (an important event or person from the past) |
| memoir | a written account in which someone (such as a famous performer or politician) describes past experiences |
| tactile | relating to the sense of touch |
| intact | not broken or damaged : having every part |